Infection after intracapsular femoral neck fracture – does antibiotic-loaded bone cement reduce infection risk after hemiarthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty? - University of Regensburg Publication Server

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-542782
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.54278

Szymski, Dominik

; Walter, Nike

; Krull, Paula ; Melsheimer, Oliver ; Grimberg, Alexander ; Alt, Volker ; Steinbrueck, Arnd ; Rupp, Markus

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Abstract

AimsThe aim of this investigation was to compare risk of infection in both cemented and unce-mented hemiarthroplasty (HA) as well as in total hip arthroplasty (THA) following femoral neck fracture. MethodsData collection was performed using the German Arthroplasty Registry (EPRD). In HA and THA following femoral neck fracture, fixation method was divided into cemented and unce-mented prostheses ...